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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1914
Page
8
Lavenial Beggs, 17, shot and killed his father during a breakfast argument at McHenry Mississippi. Witnesses say abusive language and threats by the father preceded the shooting. the boy surrendered and was taken to Gulfport for grand jury appearance. The mother and two younger children witnessed the event.
Catcher Schang of the St Joseph Western league club, brother of Athletics’ catcher, has been ordered to report to the Pittsburgh Nationals in Boston. He was told to finish the season with St Joseph when his contract was purchased.
Citizens are invited to spend Sunday traveling to Coden or Bayou la Batre with round trip tickets priced at 60 cents. Information available at City Ticket Office, 23 S. Royal Street. Call 912 131415 16171819 for details.
Washington reports say at the Mexico City convention on October 1 a provisional president will be chosen. General Carranza is expected to resign and Fernando Iglesias Calderon, Liberal leader, to take the post. Calderon later will oversee a general election with Carranza possibly running. Calderon previously met with President Wilson, the only Constitutionalist to secure such access. Washington officials expect Calderon’s provisional rule to gain U.S. recognition.
Dreamland hosts a children matinee with a dancing contest after the show. The event features twenty five prizes for top couples and juvenile dancers, plus the Dream Girls in Mixed Pickles. Doors open a half hour early for families and there is also music and comedy for all ages.
The Mallory Line passenger steamer Nueces burned to the water’s edge at a Hudson river dock in Hoboken. Eight firemen and the first officer fled with belongings. no injuries. Estimated loss about 800000. ship 2460 tons, 328 by 44 feet, 21-foot hold, built 1887. under repair to convert to freighter only. Captain E D Johnstone commanded. crew 50.
The Austrian Hungarian government blames Servia for war tensions and calls for Belgrade to stop inciting unrest. A dossier links Servian intrigues to the June 28 assassination plot against Archduke Francis Ferdinand, with evidence presented to Britain and other powers. The Sarajevo crime inquiry details Belgrade planning, delivery of weapons, and training of principals, with frontier smuggling organized by Milan Ciganovic and Voja Tankosic.
Engineer Albert C Brown of Mobile filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court on Friday evening. He lists liabilities of 181 and assets of 42. Judge Toulmin adjudicated him bankrupt and the petition was referred to referee T Ervin.
Sir Ernest Shackleton commands a two-pronged 1915 Antarctic trek, one group sailing from London toward Tasmania to join the Ross Sea contingent. The Ross Sea party sails from Hobart aboard Aurora, aiming for a March 1916 rendezvous with Shackleton.
The Southern Labor Congress completed its third annual convention in Birmingham Alabama on September 19 electing Jerome Jones of Atlanta as president and selecting Chattanooga as the site for the next meeting. Resolutions urged railroad safety staffing and endorsed labor legislation while thanking local newspapers the city and the Typographical Union.
The Devil's Signature headlining two reels at the Empire features Richard C. Travers Beverly Bayne and Bryant Washburn in a suspenseful Essanay photoplay. A murder mystery with a cloven hoof clue and a dungeon discovery unfolds as Douglas is exonerated. Also shown He Nearly Won Out a Lubin comedy and previews of Dickens The Cricket On the Hearth with Biograph at two reels.
Rotterdam reports the Holland American Line lacks sufficient ships to transport stranded Americans from Holland since the war began. The line has chartered vessels from other lines as mountains of luggage pile at Wilhelmina wharves awaiting passage.
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